Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, acting swiftly on this week’s Supreme Court order permitting the Trump administration to ban transgender troops from the military, said Thursday that those ...

Senate Democrats press Hegseth for answers on Trump order to ban transgender troops Updated April 22, 2025 9:38 AM ET Originally published April 22, 2025 6:00 AM ET Elena Moore ...

WASHINGTON — The military services scrambled Friday to nail down details and put together new guidance to start removing transgender troops from the force. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the Department of Defense (DOD) to start removing transgender troops from the military in early June if they do not exit voluntarily, according to a new … ...

Thousands of transgender U.S. military members have until Friday, June 6, to identify themselves and begin a voluntary separation from the armed forces under a ban implemented by the Trump ...

The Washington Post interviewed 10 transgender troops who have served a combined 133 years in uniform. As they face deadlines under a new ban, not one wants to leave the ranks.

Transgender troops were given 30–60 days to leave military under a new Defense Department policy after the Supreme Court allowed President Donald Trump's service ban to take effect.

Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois, a veteran, and 22 other Democratic senators have written to Hegseth urging him to allow transgender troops to keep serving honorably.

In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among military leaders.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued internal instructions to the Pentagon to start kicking out transgender troops who do not elect to leave on their own by June 6 ...

In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among military leaders.

In 2015, then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter broached the idea of lifting the ban on transgender troops and allowing them to serve openly, which raised concerns among military leaders.